Family Guy Cleveland actor Mike Henry quits show to allow black star to fill role

Stray Kids member Felix will have a limited participation in the group’s upcoming concert following a recent back injury.Earlier today (February 9), JYP Entertainment announced in a V Live post that Felix was recently diagnosed with an intervertebral disk herniation, following a detailed check-up with his doctor after experiencing back pain.JYP Entertainment said that there will be “no effect on his everyday activities”, but said that doctors have “recommended that he avoid postures and activities that pressure his waist”, as translated by Soompi.As such, Felix’s performances during the group’s upcoming show, ‘SKZ’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY’, will be “limited”. The rapper will return to fully participating in performances after “doctors confirm that his back has fully recovered.”“We apologize for having to share the sudden news and causing concern to all STAY who have been looking forward to seeing Felix perform,” JYP Entertainment added.

A Business Proposal has been pushed back by a week.Today (February 9), the show’s production team announced that the premiere of A Business Proposal has been pushed back by a week, attributing the delay to stricter COVID-19 protocols on the show’s set. The show will now premiere on February 28.“We have decided to inevitably postpone the first broadcast of A Business Proposal for a week due to COVID-19 in order to change the filming schedule and secure a safe production environment,” a representative from the show said, per Sports Chosun and translated by Soompi.“The first broadcast date has been changed from February 21 to February 28,” the representative added.

All Of Us Are Dead star Park Ji-hu has opened up about the series’ success and her newfound social media fame.In a recent interview with South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency, Park said that it was unreal to have the social media following she’s earned after the premiere of All Of Us Are Dead. According to Yonhap, the actress’ follower count on Instagram has gone up over “80 times” since the show’s premiere, and currently sits at 2.5million.“I can see the numbers on Instagram or read news reports, but it looks surreal.

Telltale Games has announced that The Wolf Among Us 2 is getting a reveal and trailer, so here’s how and when to tune into the event.The reveal event will be streaming on multiple platforms at 6PM GMT in the UK (10AM PT/1PM ET) and is set to include a full reveal trailer for the sequel to the five episode series that ran from 2013 to 2014.The event can be watched on Twitch here, or viewed below in the YouTube embed.Hosted by Geoff Keighley, all we know so far is that both a behind-the-scenes look and a trailer for the game will be revealed.The Wolf Among Us is a prequel to Bill Willingham’s Fables comic, and in the original game players controlled Bigby Wolf in Fabletown, located in Manhattan.Back in 2019 Telltale Games announced it was “under new management” following a majority studio closure the year prior. Reports had emerged alleging that Telltale Games had a culture of crunch and toxic management, and that staff had no warning of the closure, were given no severance, and just 30 minutes to collect their things and leave.Since the relaunch some of the laid off staff have apparently been offered freelance roles, and in an announcement Telltale games said “we’re doing things different this time.”Whilst the studio is continuing the narrative with The Wolf Among Us 2, it also announced that it was partnering with Deck Nine Games to develop a series based on science-fiction show The Expanse.Since 2017 Deck Nine has been responsible for a very similar style of episodic game, as it developed three Life Is Strange titles.

The Wire star Wendell Pierce wants to voice Cleveland in Family Guy after white actor Mike Henry stepped down from playing the African-American character.Henry has voiced Cleveland since Family Guy debuted in 1999, and also starred in spin-off series The Cleveland Show from 2009 and 2013, but announced he would step down last week (June 28, 20), in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.On Sunday, Pierce put himself forward as a replacement, tweeting,Now that Mike Henry has consciously given up the role of Cleveland,I am publicly starting a campaign to voice the role myself on The Cleveland Show.

Now that Mike Henry has stepped down from the role, Wendell Pierce said he would like to take over performing the voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy. Henry, who voiced the character for 20 years both on Fox'sFamily Guy and and four seasons on The Cleveland Show, announced last week he would no longer play the African American cartoon character amid a new push for characters of color to no longer be portrayed by white actors.

“Family Guy” needs a new actor to voice Cleveland, and Wendell Pierce wants to be that guy.

The Wire star Wendell Pierce has announced that he is starting a public campaign to become the voice of Family Guy character Cleveland Brown.Mike Henry, a white actor who has voiced the role of the black character since the cartoon’s beginning, announced last week that he would be stepping back from the part, saying “persons of colour should play characters of colour”.Following on from the news, Pierce tweeted: “Now that Mike Henry has consciously given up the role of Cleveland, I am publicly starting a campaign to voice the role myself on The Cleveland Show.

Family Guy actor Mike Henry is stepping down from voicing the African-American character of Cleveland Brown to make way for a person of colour.Henry, who is white, originated the role back when the hit cartoon debuted in 1999, and also brought Brown to life on the spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, which ended after a four-season run in 2013. However, Henry has since announced he will no longer voice the part of Brown in the long-running Seth MacFarlane sitcom.

Hot New Hip Hop reported today that Mike Henry, who voiced the role of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy, finally stepped down from the position following more than two decades. On the 26th of June, the Family Guy cast member shared that he was stepping down from the position because he wasn’t a person of color.

The Simpsons and Family Guy plan to recast white actors who previously voiced characters of color on the long-running Fox animated sitcoms.“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said in a statement to TVLine on Friday, June 26.Meanwhile, Mike Henry, a white voice actor, tweeted on Friday that he will stop playing Cleveland Brown on Family Guy.“It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color,” he wrote.

Family Guy for over two decades, has stepped down from the role.Henry has appeared as Brown since the show’s very first episode broadcast in 1999, and starred in spin-off series The Cleveland Show which ran for four seasons between 2009 and 2013.In a tweet, Henry said: “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color.

The Simpsons have announced that they will no longer be using white actors to voice people of colour on the show.“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the producers said in a short statement.This week has seen a number of white actors stepping down from animated roles in which they play those of a different race.Earlier this week white actor Jenny Slate announced that she would no longer be playing biracial character Missy in the Netflix series Big Mouth.

Mike Henry, who has voiced the character of Cleveland Brown for two decades on "Family Guy," said on Friday that he is stepping down from the role on the FOX animated series. "It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years," Henry, 54, wrote on Twitter.

and  are the latest shows that are making big changes. Amid recent backlash over the use of blackface, as well as white actors voicing ethnic characters, a spokesperson for tells ET on Friday that «Moving forward, will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.”Mike Henry, known as the voice of Cleveland Brown on, also said that he would no longer be voicing the Black character.

Cornerstone animated shows “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” are doing away with white voice actors voicing characters of colour.

Major changes are on the way for both Family Guy and The Simpsons.

Twitter. “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” he wrote.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerVoice actor Mike Henry said Friday on Twitter that he no longer will voice the Cleveland Brown character on Fox’s animated Family Guy.Henry, who is white, has voiced the African-American Brown since the show’s inception in 1999. He also voiced the character and his son, Rallo Tubbs, on the spinoff, The Cleveland Show, which ran for four years on Fox.Henry was a voice on Family Guy since its 1999 debut.

Mike Henry has stepped down from his role as the voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy after 20 years.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Simpsons” won’t have any repeats of Hank Azaria voicing Apu.The producers behind the show issued a statement saying that from now on, characters of color will be voiced by actors of color only.“Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the statement read.News of the decision comes less than an hour after Mike Henry announced he will no longer voice the character of Cleveland Brown on fellow Fox comedy series “Family Guy.”More to come…Want to read more articles like this one?